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Sept 22, 2019 8:55:09 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 8:22:46 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Ignore the point as per usual - good lad.
Keep up your poor mouth nonsense about how the poor kids have nowhere to go while your county board gets about 50% of the GAA's coaching budget.

You're either extremely stupid or extremely insincere - the inability to even acknowledge the problem makes me lean towards the former

Just find it hard to debate with a spoofer.
You wouldn't happen to have the name of one of those restaurants that accept those dining cards. 
The ones you know for a fact exist. 
Just i'm going out to dinner  next week with a Dublin player and his wife and i'd  hate to think we would pay for our food , when there was a restaurant nearby that would gladly feed us for free. 
Thanks in advance. 

More deflecting

Of course you are going out for dinner with a player😂😂😂😂

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 8:55:09 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 8:22:46 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Ignore the point as per usual - good lad.
Keep up your poor mouth nonsense about how the poor kids have nowhere to go while your county board gets about 50% of the GAA's coaching budget.

You're either extremely stupid or extremely insincere - the inability to even acknowledge the problem makes me lean towards the former

Just find it hard to debate with a spoofer.
You wouldn't happen to have the name of one of those restaurants that accept those dining cards. 
The ones you know for a fact exist. 
Just i'm going out to dinner  next week with a Dublin player and his wife and i'd  hate to think we would pay for our food , when there was a restaurant nearby that would gladly feed us for free. 
Thanks in advance. 

Sure you are chief.
You'd have to wonder why someone who seems to have such immense contacts within the Dublin set up needs to spend his time on here.

Also on your previous comment about the Northside club who have to have several teams coupling up on pitches - I presume you are referring to Raheny. Have they not got access to pitches in St Annes Park & Paul's school?

[thebluepanther]

Sept 22, 2019 9:00:05 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sept 22, 2019 8:55:09 GMT thebluepanther said:

Just find it hard to debate with a spoofer.
You wouldn't happen to have the name of one of those restaurants that accept those dining cards. 
The ones you know for a fact exist. 
Just i'm going out to dinner  next week with a Dublin player and his wife and i'd  hate to think we would pay for our food , when there was a restaurant nearby that would gladly feed us for free. 
Thanks in advance. 

Sure you are chief.
You'd have to wonder why someone who seems to have such immense contacts within the Dublin set up needs to spend his time on here.

Also on your previous comment about the Northside club who have to have several teams coupling up on pitches - I presume you are referring to Raheny. Have they not got access to pitches in St Annes Park & Paul's school?

Its not Raheny.  
I liked coming on here for debate about GAA , some really interesting posters on here. I don't think knowing players in Dublin set up should preclude me from this. 
I understand the debate about Crokepark, playing numbers and money, a lot i dont agree with .  I have it every day with guys who have very blue tinted glasses. 
A lot of posters  here are understandably angry over Dublins advantages but can also see the wood from the trees and where things need to change and can acknowledge that their guys are well looked after also.  
But some of the yarns being peddled about what the Dublin players get on here , especially by yourself is wringeworthy. 


 
 


  

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 9:11:31 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:00:05 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sure you are chief.
You'd have to wonder why someone who seems to have such immense contacts within the Dublin set up needs to spend his time on here.

Also on your previous comment about the Northside club who have to have several teams coupling up on pitches - I presume you are referring to Raheny. Have they not got access to pitches in St Annes Park & Paul's school?

Its not Raheny.  
I liked coming on here for debate about GAA , some really interesting posters on here. I don't think knowing players in Dublin set up should preclude me from this. 
I understand the debate about Crokepark, playing numbers and money, a lot i dont agree with .  I have it every day with guys who have very blue tinted glasses. 
A lot of posters  here are understandably angry over Dublins advantages but can also see the wood from the trees and where things need to change and can acknowledge that their guys are well looked after also.  
But some of the yarns being peddled about what the Dublin players get on here , especially by yourself is wringeworthy. 


 
 


  

Wringeworthy? Good man, very well articulated.

So what is this mystery club?

You have conveniently ignored the point about taking some money out of the Dublin backroom salaries and using this to help the needy children.

[Mickmack]

I have said it before. Dublins biggest problem now is finding pitches for all the games given the numbers now involved.

Wasnt there a stat of 14,000 underage games last year?

If this is a problem its a "first world" GAA problem.

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 9:30:30 GMT Mickmack said:

I have said it before. Dublins biggest problem now is finding pitches for all the games given the numbers now involved.

Wasnt there a stat of 14,000 underage games last year?

If this is a problem its a "first world" GAA problem.

With all those games - you have additional players who can pay membership fees thus giving the clubs more money.

If you are struggling to find pitches then cut your cloth, etc - take money out of your backroom team budget or have less GDC's and rely more on the much vaunted volunteers.

Everytime there seems to be a question of Dublin's funding then the kids argument is trotted out but this isnt the social welfare and there is a responsibility upon the Dublin county board to look after their own underage structures and stop coming looking for more and more handouts.

Every other county board has to do it so why not them?

[Mickmack]

Sept 22, 2019 9:42:31 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:30:30 GMT Mickmack said:

I have said it before. Dublins biggest problem now is finding pitches for all the games given the numbers now involved.

Wasnt there a stat of 14,000 underage games last year?

If this is a problem its a "first world" GAA problem.

With all those games - you have additional players who can pay membership fees thus giving the clubs more money.

If you are struggling to find pitches then cut your cloth, etc - take money out of your backroom team budget or have less GDC's and rely more on the much vaunted volunteers.

Everytime there seems to be a question of Dublin's funding then the kids argument is trotted out but this isnt the social welfare and there is a responsibility upon the Dublin county board to look after their own underage structures and stop coming looking for more and more handouts.

Every other county board has to do it so why not them?

All of those kids from those 14000 games have one county team to aspire to.

Its obvious that there will be more than one senior football team representing Dublin in the future. Its just a matter of time.

Had Kerry snuck a win the first day it wouldnt matter much in the long run. Dublin will be in every final for as long as one can see into the future and be winning most of them.

Its a numbers and money game.

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 9:50:17 GMT Mickmack said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:42:31 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

With all those games - you have additional players who can pay membership fees thus giving the clubs more money.

If you are struggling to find pitches then cut your cloth, etc - take money out of your backroom team budget or have less GDC's and rely more on the much vaunted volunteers.

Everytime there seems to be a question of Dublin's funding then the kids argument is trotted out but this isnt the social welfare and there is a responsibility upon the Dublin county board to look after their own underage structures and stop coming looking for more and more handouts.

Every other county board has to do it so why not them?

All of those kids from those 14000 games have one county team to aspire to.

Its obvious that there will be more than one senior football team representing Dublin in the future. Its just a matter of time.

Had Kerry snuck a win the first day it wouldnt matter much in the long run. Dublin will be in every final for as long as one can see into the future and be winning most of them.

Its a numbers and money game.

I agree with you on the above but I still think the point stands that the Dublin county cant be coming crying the poor mouth about kids when they are poaching several backroom staff from Leinster rugby - Cullen and those 2 physios

[Mickmack]

Sept 22, 2019 9:51:59 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:50:17 GMT Mickmack said:

All of those kids from those 14000 games have one county team to aspire to.

Its obvious that there will be more than one senior football team representing Dublin in the future. Its just a matter of time.

Had Kerry snuck a win the first day it wouldnt matter much in the long run. Dublin will be in every final for as long as one can see into the future and be winning most of them.

Its a numbers and money game.

I agree with you on the above but I still think the point stands that the Dublin county cant be coming crying the poor mouth about kids when they are poaching several backroom staff from Leinster rugby - Cullen and those 2 physios

Crying the poor mouth is absurd and an insult to our intelligence.

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 10:00:12 GMT Mickmack said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:51:59 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

I agree with you on the above but I still think the point stands that the Dublin county cant be coming crying the poor mouth about kids when they are poaching several backroom staff from Leinster rugby - Cullen and those 2 physios

Crying the poor mouth is absurd and an insult to our intelligence.

But the famine years Mick, don’t ever forget the famine years.

I hear there are plans to erect a statue along the north quays in commemoration.
The front runner in the list of suggestions thus far is one of Ciaran Whelan going on a headless chicken run and driving it wide from 35 yards when he had 3/4 better options in front of him

[thebluepanther]

Sept 22, 2019 10:20:39 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sept 22, 2019 10:00:12 GMT Mickmack said:

Crying the poor mouth is absurd and an insult to our intelligence.

But the famine years Mick, don’t ever forget the famine years.

I hear there are plans to erect a statue along the north quays in commemoration.
The front runner in the list of suggestions thus far is one of Ciaran Whelan going on a headless chicken run and driving it wide from 35 yards when he had 3/4 better options in front of him

If statues were erected the only one would be for this current Dublin team .
The Greatest football team of all time, that have broken every record going. 
When they are gone  will never see the likes again.   Ex Kerry Managers and  Ex Kerry players agree and to be fair they have seen these Dubs up close and personal .
See yous next year in the league lads. 

[kerrybhoy06]

Sept 22, 2019 21:36:02 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 10:20:39 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

But the famine years Mick, don’t ever forget the famine years.

I hear there are plans to erect a statue along the north quays in commemoration.
The front runner in the list of suggestions thus far is one of Ciaran Whelan going on a headless chicken run and driving it wide from 35 yards when he had 3/4 better options in front of him

If statues were erected the only one would be for this current Dublin team .
The Greatest football team of all time, that have broken every record going. 
When they are gone  will never see the likes again.   Ex Kerry Managers and  Ex Kerry players agree and to be fair they have seen these Dubs up close and personal .
See yous next year in the league lads. 

Would it not be a folly to spend more on a team when €17mill has already been pumped into them?

what will the statue be of? John Horan, John Bailey and Bertie all throwing money down a hole while bored kids next to them have nowhere to play?

I don’t know do ex Kerry players and managers agree but I’m having a dinner with a large cross section of them soon so I’ll report back after that

[kerrygold]

Sept 22, 2019 21:36:02 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 10:20:39 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

But the famine years Mick, don’t ever forget the famine years.

I hear there are plans to erect a statue along the north quays in commemoration.
The front runner in the list of suggestions thus far is one of Ciaran Whelan going on a headless chicken run and driving it wide from 35 yards when he had 3/4 better options in front of him

If statues were erected the only one would be for this current Dublin team .
The Greatest football team of all time, that have broken every record going. 
When they are gone  will never see the likes again.   Ex Kerry Managers and  Ex Kerry players agree and to be fair they have seen these Dubs up close and personal .
See yous next year in the league lads. 

Greatest stats in a decade from any county, certainly.
Great team ever, questionable - seven outfield changed since 2015, most gone since 2011..........dubious claim in fairness. A team in flux doesn't constitute a set group of players performing all the time. I'll take greatest team ever tag with a pinch of salt.

[Mickmack]

Reminds me of my grandfathers claim that he had the best sledgehammer ever seen in Kerry. He had it for 50 years and only changed the head 3 times and the handle twice.

Why anyone bothers arguing this best team of all time is beyond me.

Having said that i would argue that the Dublin team since 2017 is the best of the 3 different Dublin teams they have since they rose in 2010.

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punditarena.com/gaa/emackenna/mackenna-dublin-success/

There are a few mentions of Kerry and their setup which are interesting.

If true, depressing enough

[jackiel]

It's not just Dublin who have issues with availability of pitches. My club have 2 adult and 1 juvenile pitch and an indoor arena which is used for training of younger teams.We also have access to a pitch at one of the local schools and a community pitch which will only work for up to U12. We are a dual club and have over 50 teams competing across the codes. We also accommodate the new secondary school next door which was built without PE facilities, no hall or pitch and by the looks of things feck all chance of getting either for the forseeable future.
Land for pitches is just not out there and even if it were we couldn't afford to buy as we still have debt from the building of a state of the art facility 10 years ago. We have 2-3 teams training on the same pitch several evenings as we have no other option. We are competing with soccer, rugby, cricket, baseball and a dozen other sports but we're holding our own with roughly 1500 members.
We are lucky enough to have a GPO in his third year with us, Leinster Council pays 2/3 or his salary and the club pays the rest.

[Mickmack]

The points made in Ewan McKennas article should be the first item on the agenda of the top brass of the GAA.

Makes you question why it wont be and what the reason why it wont be.

I cant help the feeling that the other football counties are suckers now. How long will it be before a tipping point is reached and people ....players and supporters ...switch off.

Or go on strike.

[sullyschoice]

Sept 22, 2019 9:00:05 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sept 22, 2019 8:55:09 GMT thebluepanther said:

Just find it hard to debate with a spoofer.
You wouldn't happen to have the name of one of those restaurants that accept those dining cards. 
The ones you know for a fact exist. 
Just i'm going out to dinner  next week with a Dublin player and his wife and i'd  hate to think we would pay for our food , when there was a restaurant nearby that would gladly feed us for free. 
Thanks in advance. 

Sure you are chief.
You'd have to wonder why someone who seems to have such immense contacts within the Dublin set up needs to spend his time on here.

Also on your previous comment about the Northside club who have to have several teams coupling up on pitches - I presume you are referring to Raheny. Have they not got access to pitches in St Annes Park & Paul's school?

Raheny play thekr matches on public pitches in St Anne's Park. Clontarf have a similar situation except for two state of the Art floodlit pitches that we developed in a joint venture with the corpo. Clontarf used to have access to St Paul's college where we had a nice pitch but that is closed now and subject to planning permission for a million houses. Raheny never played in St Paul's. Finding enough pitches for the amount of teams we have is a real struggle. An example is the fact that we have 4 minor girls teams.

[sullyschoice]

Sept 23, 2019 10:06:18 GMT Mickmack said:

Reminds me of my grandfathers claim that he had the best sledgehammer ever seen in Kerry. He had it for 50 years and only changed the head 3 times and the handle twice.

Why anyone bothers arguing this best team of all time is beyond me.

Having said that i would argue that the Dublin team since 2017 is the best of the 3 different Dublin teams they have since they rose in 2010.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love the sledgehammer story

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2019 20:22:23 GMT sullyschoice said:

Sept 22, 2019 9:00:05 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

Sure you are chief.
You'd have to wonder why someone who seems to have such immense contacts within the Dublin set up needs to spend his time on here.

Also on your previous comment about the Northside club who have to have several teams coupling up on pitches - I presume you are referring to Raheny. Have they not got access to pitches in St Annes Park & Paul's school?

Raheny play thekr matches on public pitches in St Anne's Park. Clontarf have a similar situation except for two state of the Art floodlit pitches that we developed in a joint venture with the corpo. Clontarf used to have access to St Paul's college where we had a nice pitch but that is closed now and subject to planning permission for a million houses. Raheny never played in St Paul's. Finding enough pitches for the amount of teams we have is a real struggle. An example is the fact that we have 4 minor girls teams.

Plenty of money in Dublin gaa. They have to decided to focus these resources on their senior team

[kerrybhoy06]

Oct 1, 2019 21:11:01 GMT @kingdomexile said:

Oct 1, 2019 20:22:23 GMT sullyschoice said:

Raheny play thekr matches on public pitches in St Anne's Park. Clontarf have a similar situation except for two state of the Art floodlit pitches that we developed in a joint venture with the corpo. Clontarf used to have access to St Paul's college where we had a nice pitch but that is closed now and subject to planning permission for a million houses. Raheny never played in St Paul's. Finding enough pitches for the amount of teams we have is a real struggle. An example is the fact that we have 4 minor girls teams.

Plenty of money in Dublin gaa. They have to decided to focus these resources on their senior team

“Less Bernard Dunnes and more money for the kids”

[shaggy04]

Sept 22, 2019 21:36:02 GMT thebluepanther said:

Sept 22, 2019 10:20:39 GMT kerrybhoy06 said:

But the famine years Mick, don’t ever forget the famine years.

I hear there are plans to erect a statue along the north quays in commemoration.
The front runner in the list of suggestions thus far is one of Ciaran Whelan going on a headless chicken run and driving it wide from 35 yards when he had 3/4 better options in front of him

If statues were erected the only one would be for this current Dublin team .
The Greatest football team of all time, that have broken every record going. 
When they are gone  will never see the likes again.   Ex Kerry Managers and  Ex Kerry players agree and to be fair they have seen these Dubs up close and personal .
See yous next year in the league lads. 

Except for 37 All Irelands
Dublin haven't won 37 All Irelands
That's still the record!
5 in a row,7 out of the last 9,yet yous are still 8 all Irelands behind us!

[Mickmack]

Galway sponsors Supermac's demand details of spending
Updated / Tuesday, 1 Oct 2019 20:46
Supermac's sponsor Galway's Gaelic football and hurling teams
Supermac's sponsor Galway's Gaelic football and hurling teams
By Eoin Ryan
RTÉ Sport Journalist

Galway GAA sponsors Supermac's have issued a statement calling on the county board to explain how the money they provided was spent and to make public the results of two financial reviews.

GAA authorities and accounting firm Mazars were brought in to examine the state of the county's finances last year and a meeting in December last year heard concerns expressed over practices in the period of 2015-17.

The use of an official credit card for personal expenses, officer expenses of €45,000 and a debt of €390,000 to Croke Park for All-Ireland final tickets were among the revelations.

A 103-acre site in Athenry that was bought in 2006 for €2.8m and earmarked for a centre of excellence was sold at a loss of almost €2m last year.

Supermac's, the restaurant chain founded by Galway native Pat McDonagh, has been a sponsor of at least one of the county's teams since 1991 and has now demanded clarity on where their total contributions of almost €1.6 million over the last five years have gone.

"Supermac's would like to detail that the amount of sponsorship given by Supermac’s to Galway GAA for the sponsored teams over the past 5 years to date is over €1.25m in direct payments plus over €340,000 in ancillary sponsorship," said a statement on the Supermac's website.

"Supermac's would like to seek clarification from the Galway County Board as to how this money was spent.

"Supermac's raised financial concerns with the Galway County Board 4 years ago.

"Supermac’s understands that two investigations have taken place into the finances of Galway GAA; One conducted by Galway GAA and a second conducted by Mazars.

"Supermac’s is calling for these investigations to be made public immediately. The vast majority of the Galway GAA public and mentors, who give their time voluntarily for the promotion and administration of our games and the welfare of our players, deserve no less."

[Mickmack]

Sport


Wealthy backer withholds €250,000 from Mayo GAA
Updated / Thursday, 26 Sep 2019 10:24

Mayo have been competitive for much of this decade
Mayo have been competitive for much of this decade

Mayo County Board say they will respond to accusations made by a wealthy businessman at their next meeting in October.

The board is locked in a dispute with the Mayo GAA International Supporters Foundation which could cost them hundreds of thousands of euro.

The independent supporters fund is backed by UK-based financial trader Tim O'Leary, who is of Mayo descent.

The body sent an email to clubs ahead of Wednesday night's county board meeting saying that it was withholding €250,000 of money it had raised in a row over governance.

This email read: "It is clear to the foundation that Mayo GAA need significant financial support to sustain and develop GAA games in the county. The foundation’s support is now at risk due to the serious deficits in financial governance at board level."


The statement also claims that O’Leary had made a €150,000 donation to the Mayo senior football team fund on the understanding that receipts would be provided to show how that money was spent.

The supporters fund says what was provided to them included: "copies of multiple invoices and receipts seemingly randomly picked from the financial files."

Mayo GAA take issue with a much of the contents of the email, though they say they didn’t get see it in time to formulate a response ahead of Wednesday night’s meeting.

"There were a lot of serious allegations and accusations made," said Mayo County Board spokesperson, Paul Cunnane. "We will issue a comprehensive response at our next meeting in the middle of October."


Mayo lining out at home MacHale Park
Mayo spends over €1m annually on preparing county teams alone so the €250,000 is a significant sum in this context, though it hasn't been included in the county’s annual budget for this year or next.

The county has been in financial trouble in the past, with Croke Park bailing them out on €5m of debt run up redeveloping Elverys MacHale Park, a project itself that was mired in planning difficulties and led to long-running disputes with local residents in Castlebar.

Mayo are hoping to develop a new centre of excellence in the county, a project the Mayo GAA International Supporters Foundation say they were set to support, though that may now be in doubt.

Mayo GAA already has an official fundraising body, Cáirde Maigheo, which was set up several years ago amid concerns over the governance of unofficial fundraising groups.

The Mayo GAA International Supporters Foundation wants input into how the money they raise is spent and it is believed that this is a major sticking point as the county board are unwilling to cede control.

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[thebluepanther]

Oct 1, 2019 11:40:12 GMT jackiel said:

It's not just Dublin who have issues with availability of pitches. My club have 2 adult and 1 juvenile pitch and an indoor arena which is used for training of younger teams.We also have access to a pitch at one of the local schools and a community pitch which will only work for up to U12. We are a dual club and have over 50 teams competing across the codes. We also accommodate the new secondary school next door which was built without PE facilities, no hall or pitch and by the looks of things feck all chance of getting either for the forseeable future.
Land for pitches is just not out there and even if it were we couldn't afford to buy as we still have debt from the building of a state of the art facility 10 years ago. We have 2-3 teams training on the same pitch several evenings as we have no other option. We are competing with soccer, rugby, cricket, baseball and a dozen other sports but we're holding our own with roughly 1500 members.
We are lucky enough to have a GPO in his third year with us, Leinster Council pays 2/3 or his salary and the club pays the rest.

Good post,
Which would mirror a lot of clubs in Dublin . 
I'm sure there's a few clubs with money,  but most are in the same situation. 
I'm not crying the poor mouth , like all people who give up their time to coach kids it great to see extra numbers involved in GAA,     but that brings new challenges  in finding green areas for them to train.  
Apologies to others  earlier in thread if was a bit abrupt .  
But what was posted is simply not the case at grass roots level. 

[Mickmack]

ah shur we all knew blue panther would resume his role as official spin doctor on the kerry gaa forum soon enough🙂.

Blue panther on this forum, Dublin John president of the GAA, Dessie on TSG anchor slot, Paul Flynn in the GPA top job. Everthing is nailed down.

[Mickmack]

'Disappointed' Galway GAA respond to Supermac's request
Updated / Wednesday, 2 Oct 2019 17:03
'Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams'
'Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams'


Galway GAA has responded to requests from main sponsors Supermac's, who were looking for an explanation as to how the money they provided was spent.

A statement released by the county committee acknowledged the long-standing partnership with the restaurant chain, which has been 'beneficial to both parties'.

Galway GAA said that they were happy to confirm that the Supermac's sponsorship money went towards the preparation the inter-county sides in both football and hurling.

The committee also said that they were disappointed with Supermac's statement, which asked for clarification as to how the €1.6m of their money had been spent over the past five years.

Galway GAA outlined that they have spent over €7.4m preparing the inter-county teams over the past five years, while there has also been 'significant capital expenditure on training facilities'.

"We look forward to having the opportunity to discuss these matters with Pat McDonagh directly," said the statement.


Supermac's owner Pat McDonagh
The full statement read: "Galway GAA is disappointed with the statement, released by long-serving county sponsor, Supermac's, last night, relating to the sponsorship of our county teams.

"The Galway County Committee acknowledges the long-standing, generous support of Pat McDonagh and Supermac's to Galway GAA, which has been beneficial to both parties.

"Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship, contributed by Supermac's, went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams in both codes.

"For purposes of clarity, the board would like to point out that in excess of €7.4m has been spent by Galway GAA in the preparation of the football and hurling teams, to the highest standards, over the course of the last five seasons, Supermac's sponsorship has made a valued contribution to this overall cost.

"Our teams have been involved in All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in that period, ensuring long and high-profile campaigns, over the course of the summers in question.

"In addition to team preparation costs, there has also been significant capital expenditure on training facilities.

"Galway GAA has overseen a review of its financial operation in recent months, with the assistance of the GAA at Central Level.

"We are currently implementing the findings of the 2018 Mazars Report, which highlighted previous governance deficiencies in Galway GAA.

"This has been overseen by a representative from Croke Park, and ensures that the highest standards of financial and accounting practices are now in place.

"As a consequence, we have appointed a new Finance and Operations Manager, who commenced employment last month.

"In addition to this, an Audit Committee with Galway, Connacht and Croke Park representation is in place to independently monitor corporate governance practices in Galway GAA.

"We look forward to having the opportunity to discuss these matters with Pat McDonagh directly.

"Galway GAA will be making no further comment."

[glengael]

Oct 1, 2019 20:31:36 GMT sullyschoice said:

Sept 23, 2019 10:06:18 GMT Mickmack said:

Reminds me of my grandfathers claim that he had the best sledgehammer ever seen in Kerry. He had it for 50 years and only changed the head 3 times and the handle twice.

Why anyone bothers arguing this best team of all time is beyond me.

Having said that i would argue that the Dublin team since 2017 is the best of the 3 different Dublin teams they have since they rose in 2010.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love the sledgehammer story

Trigger and the brush. Only Fools and Horses , a long time ago.

[glengael]

Oct 3, 2019 10:15:25 GMT Mickmack said:

'Disappointed' Galway GAA respond to Supermac's request
Updated / Wednesday, 2 Oct 2019 17:03
'Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams'
'Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams'


Galway GAA has responded to requests from main sponsors Supermac's, who were looking for an explanation as to how the money they provided was spent.

A statement released by the county committee acknowledged the long-standing partnership with the restaurant chain, which has been 'beneficial to both parties'.

Galway GAA said that they were happy to confirm that the Supermac's sponsorship money went towards the preparation the inter-county sides in both football and hurling.

The committee also said that they were disappointed with Supermac's statement, which asked for clarification as to how the €1.6m of their money had been spent over the past five years.

Galway GAA outlined that they have spent over €7.4m preparing the inter-county teams over the past five years, while there has also been 'significant capital expenditure on training facilities'.

"We look forward to having the opportunity to discuss these matters with Pat McDonagh directly," said the statement.


Supermac's owner Pat McDonagh
The full statement read: "Galway GAA is disappointed with the statement, released by long-serving county sponsor, Supermac's, last night, relating to the sponsorship of our county teams.

"The Galway County Committee acknowledges the long-standing, generous support of Pat McDonagh and Supermac's to Galway GAA, which has been beneficial to both parties.

"Galway GAA are happy to confirm that sponsorship, contributed by Supermac's, went towards the preparation of all our inter-county teams in both codes.

"For purposes of clarity, the board would like to point out that in excess of €7.4m has been spent by Galway GAA in the preparation of the football and hurling teams, to the highest standards, over the course of the last five seasons, Supermac's sponsorship has made a valued contribution to this overall cost.

"Our teams have been involved in All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in that period, ensuring long and high-profile campaigns, over the course of the summers in question.

"In addition to team preparation costs, there has also been significant capital expenditure on training facilities.

"Galway GAA has overseen a review of its financial operation in recent months, with the assistance of the GAA at Central Level.

"We are currently implementing the findings of the 2018 Mazars Report, which highlighted previous governance deficiencies in Galway GAA.

"This has been overseen by a representative from Croke Park, and ensures that the highest standards of financial and accounting practices are now in place.

"As a consequence, we have appointed a new Finance and Operations Manager, who commenced employment last month.

"In addition to this, an Audit Committee with Galway, Connacht and Croke Park representation is in place to independently monitor corporate governance practices in Galway GAA.

"We look forward to having the opportunity to discuss these matters with Pat McDonagh directly.

"Galway GAA will be making no further comment."

Would Galway not have had to account on a yearly basis to Supermacs for what they were spending the money on?

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Surely Galway were just cashing their chips in.............